There have been nine bank robberies in the Denver area this week, three each on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. With developments like this, it may seem like Colorado is getting overrun by stick-up artists — and, in actuality, that’s more or less the case. According to FBI Community Outreach Specialist…
Senator Chris Romer, who’s authored proposed legislation to regulate medical marijuana in Colorado, demonstrated his willingness to listen to all stakeholders impacted by the issue by attending this past weekend’s Cannabis Holiday Health Fair, during which he says positive exchanges were mixed with F-bomb attacks. Romer will broaden that approach…
The phrase “different strokes for different folks” takes on a repulsive meaning when applied to the alleged acts of one Wesley Cox. Cox was arrested in Boulder on Halloween after he broke into a couple’s home and videotaped them having sex. And it turns out this boinking session wasn’t the…
Our dreams didn’t come true. Yesterday, we all but begged Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable to start JaMarcus Russell at quarterback against the Broncos on Sunday. But no: Cable revealed that instead, he’ll hand the ball to Charlie Frye, whose play for the Cleveland Browns and the Seattle Seahawks in…
Denver’s attempts to get a handle on the medical marijuana issue, typified by yesterday’s eventful safety committee hearing, show the importance of municipalities establishing clear rules of the road for such operations. A repeat of this lesson may well be in the offing tomorrow in Arapahoe County Court. That’s when…
On the evening of August 12, Jeremy Hartman was in his dorm room at the University of Colorado assembling collages for four bulletin boards he was supposed to put together as part of his new job as a resident advisor. RA training had started a few days earlier, two weeks…
“On Board,” Colin Bane, December 10 Chairman of the Snowboard This is a rock-solid look at everything leading up to and long past 2010. I continue to be amazed at how far snowboarding has come since the horrible conditions in Nagano (um, competition in the rain…). Steve Fisher’s technical ability…
Let your Lab off its leash? Get ready to spend 24 hours in jail. Don’t carry your pooch’s immunization paperwork in your car? Be prepared to get handcuffed and tossed into the drunk tank with people pissing and puking on themselves. Coloradans love their dogs, but the City of Denver…
Victor Arnold Gabler talks fast. Faster than a play-by-play announcer or a cattle auctioneer. Faster than John “Mighty Mouth” Moschitta, the rapid-fire executive talker in the old Federal Express ads. Gabler talks the way Moschitta might after a thermos of espresso and a snootful of crystal meth. There’s a frantic…
It’s starting to feel like the Wild West around here, with banks getting stuck up left and right. Monday, two banks got hit, with a third knocked over yesterday. The FBI believes the perpetrators of this last job, who’ve they’ve named the “Hopping Hooded Bandits” because of their attire and…
If you’ve logged into Facebook recently, you probably remember seeing a message (it was inescapable, you got it the moment you logged in) with a big song and dance about how Facebook was taking great new steps to protect your privacy and had implemented all these new tools to keep…
Weeks before a scheduled government roundup of 2,500 wild mustangs in Nevada, horse advocates are bringing out the big guns in an effort to stop or delay the operation. They’re filing lawsuits and staging protests, bringing in scientists and animal welfare experts to decry this assault on one of the…
C’mere, Denver blogs. We’ve made a safe place for you. Colin at South Stands Denver interviews the Chicago Bears fan behind the website TradeJayCutler.com. Who apparently feels Sweet Baby Jay is a “sniveling NFL superdouche.” The Colorado Independent’s Kate Redding continues her reporting about pregnancy in Colorado. She writes that…
For a while, it seemed that most of the muttering about medical marijuana dispensaries and crime was based on fear and hysteria. But reports about multiple armed robberies and burglaries, as well as a kidnapping, related to medical marijuana operations in Fort Collins were followed by a videotaped burglary at…
I confess. I’m the reason the Denver Post appears on Regret the Error’s annual roundup of memorable mistakes and corrections. And I’m racked with guilt about it. On June 10, I wrote an item about the death of Elway — that is, the death of the legendary, drug-sniffing dog named…
We should never root for a player to get hurt: It’s bad sportsmanship, and bad karma. But there’s nothing wrong with appreciating the repercussions of an injury — like, for instance, the Oakland Raiders’ current quarterback turmoil leading into this weekend’s game against the Broncos. The silver-and-black attack was looking…
The study of neighbors through their porch decorations… During repeated investigation, the yard arteologist quickly spots variations on themes in yard artistry. A wintertime favorite in the more nostalgia-accessible neighborhoods is the porch sled. It is probably safe to say that any yard artist who finds sweet sentiment in these…
Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown is back before council’s safety committee this morning, presenting his proposed ordinance to regulate the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries. We’re live-blogging the hearing. You’ll find Brown’s proposal at the bottom of this post, with our most recent reports at the top. 11:20 a.m.: The last…
Ever wonder what Denver will be like after the rapture? Me neither — but the folks behind the Fox animated series American Dad clearly have. “Rapture’s Delight,” the most recent episode, finds central couple Stan and Francine stranded on earth as the rest of the family floats heavenward — and…
The focus of the medical marijuana story seems to be shifting to lawmakers trying to get a handle on this booming biz, including state senator Chris Romer and Denver councilman Charlie Brown, who’s making a safety committee presentation of his latest proposal at this writing. But Coloradans for Medical Marijuana…
This past weekend, a man was found dead in a recycling bin located in an alley near 22nd and Clarkson. He was subsequently identified as Charles Moore Hardy. Now, Denver Police have made an arrest in the case. Teresa Rosemarie Harris, 35, is being held on a murder one charge…
Police photographers are seldom feted at gallery showings — but there’s no doubt the images they capture are consistently memorable. And often disturbing. Last Wednesday, we shared a photo gallery of the top Mile High Murder mug shots of 2009. Today, check out the most arresting images from our Colorado…
